🔄 Synonyms of "Argumentative"
6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| contentious | Marked by heated arguments or controversy. |
| litigious | (law) Inclined to engage in lawsuits. |
| disputatious | Inclined to argue or debate; provoking debate. |
| arguingnoun | argument |
| disputative | Tending to dispute. |
| quarrelsome | Argumentative; fond of or prone to quarreling. |
↔️ Antonyms of "Argumentative"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| unargumentative | Not argumentative; uninclined to argue. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Argumentative"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| disputatious | Inclined to argue or debate; provoking debate. |
| disputative | Tending to dispute. |
| litigious | (law) Inclined to engage in lawsuits. |
| contentious | Marked by heated arguments or controversy. |
| arguingnoun | argument |
| quarrelsome | Argumentative; fond of or prone to quarreling. |
| disputed | Argued; not certain, agreed upon, or accepted. |
| controversial | Arousing or likely to arouse controversy. |
| polemical | Related to argument or controversy; containing polemic, being polemic. |
| argumentive | Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning. |
| argumentalnoun | (linguistics) Based on arguments; pertaining to arguments. |
| discursory | argumentative; discursive; having the nature of a discourse |
| argumentatory | Synonym of argumentatious. |
| discoursive | (archaic) Synonym of discursive. |
| agonistic | (zoology, anthropology) Characterised by conflict or hostility. |
| dialectical | Of or pertaining to dialectic; (in philosophy) logically reasoned through the exchange of opposing ideas. |
| counterargumentative | Relating to a counterargument |
| forensicnoun | Relating to the use of science and technology in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law. |
| multiargument | Of or relating to more than one argument. |
| discussional | Of or pertaining to discussion. |
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